Hi (again)
The girlfirends Honda Jazz is giving off a whirr from the rear axle, i think its the OSR.
I first noticed it at the end of June on holiday when we had the car heavily loaded for camping but it was only very mild.
I again noticed it this weekend, but this time much more noticable at 50mph+
My first instict was that it was a rear bearing (car is on 110k much of it on country lanes/mways) When we pulled up i had a quick feel of the brake disks and the OSR was a little hotter than the NSR. This has got me wondering if it could be a partially seized caliper.
Six months ago i took the car in for recalls at Honda who kindly told me it needed pads and disks all around and it had a seized rear caliper. I changed the pads and disks (rears were metal on metal - no comments about women!) but could not find fault with the caliper and put it down to Honda blaggig (they never took the wheels off). But now im wondering, I am going to have a look this week. I am expecting to be able to feel the bearing in the wheel turn/waggle. But other than uneven pad/disk wear or possible blueing of the metal what would i expect to find in a seized caliper?
I note that a caliper refurb kit is available for 25% the price of a caliper, is this do-able at home or is it worth getting a refurb caliper?
What are rear bearings like to do on these?
TIA!